TV Ratings Saturday: ’48 Hours’ tops a night of reruns

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Note: Major-market preemptions for the NFL’s preseason have caused inflated numbers for CBS. It is expected to experience greater adjustments than usual in the finals.

The numbers for Saturday:

Time

Show

Adults 18-49 rating/share

Viewers (millions)

8 p.m.

NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) – R

0.4/3

2.88

America’s Got Talent (NBC) (8-10 p.m.) – R

0.3/2

2.09

Shark Tank (ABC) – R

0.3/2

2.05

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) – R

0.2/1

0.75

9 p.m.

48 Hours (CBS) – R

0.6/4

3.29

Press Your Luck (ABC) – R

0.3/2

1.58

Beat Shazam (FOX) – R

0.3/2

1.03

10 p.m.

48 Hours (CBS)

0.6/4

3.48

Dateline (NBC) – R

0.4/3

2.59

Card Sharks (ABC) – R

0.3/2

1.45

“48 Hours” was the king of the Saturday night primetime ratings this week.

Part of this was due to it being the sole new, original broadcast for the night, though part of it can also be attributed to the NFL preseason-related inflation. Either way, the 10 p.m. broadcast picked up a 0.6 rating in adults 18-49 and attracted 3.48 million viewers, while at 9 p.m. it received a 0.6 with 3.29 million viewers. If these numbers hold, they will be a significant improvement over the show’s performance last week, which saw it receiving a 0.2 and pulling in 1.62 million viewers. CBS also won the 8 p.m. timeslot with “NCIS: New Orleans” at 0.4.

NBC was the closest competitor to CBS, with a two-hour rerun of “America’s Got Talent” grabbing a 0.3 and serving as runner-up for the 8 p.m. time slot. A rebroadcast of “Dateline,” which would normally lead a quiet Saturday night like this, was consistent; it held the same 0.4 it managed last week, but decreased in its viewership from 2.92 million viewers to 2.59.

The rest of the night’s broadcasting consisted entirely of reruns.

Network averages:

CBS

NBC

ABC

FOX

Adults 18-49 rating/share

0.5/4

0.3/2

0.3/2

0.3/1

Total Viewers (millions)

3.22

2.25

1.69

0.89

Definitions:

Rating: Estimated percentage of the universe of TV households (or other specified group) tuned to a program in the average minute. Ratings are expressed as a percent.Fast Affiliate Ratings: These first national ratings are available at approximately 11 a.m. ET the day after telecast. The figures may include stations that did not air the entire network feed, as well as local news breaks or cutaways for local coverage or other programming. Fast Affiliate ratings are not as useful for live programs and are likely to differ significantly from the final results, because the data reflect normal broadcast feed patterns. Share (of Audience): The percent of households (or persons) using television who are tuned to a specific program, station or network in a specific area at a specific time. Time Shifted Viewing: Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live +Same-Day and Live +7 Day. Time-shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs. Live+SD includes viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3 a.m. local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live +7 ratings include viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.

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